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Islamic State leader al-Adnani killed in US air strike, confirms Pentagon
World | Sep 13, 2016, 08:16 AM ISTThe Pentagon on Monday confirmed that a US air strike killed Islamic State spokesman and chief strategist Abu Mohamed al-Adnani, who laid out the blueprint for the extremist group's attacks against the West, in northern Syria last month.
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Jats lash out at BJP led Centre over reservation issue
India | Sep 13, 2015, 06:35 PM ISTHisar: Jats today lashed out at BJP led government at the Centre for not giving reservation to the Jat community, threatening to launch an agitation in this regard."If BJP continued its policies against Jat reservation,
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Russian President Putin plans to visit India this year: spokesman
World | Nov 11, 2014, 06:42 PM ISTBeijing: Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit India this year to strengthen bilateral strategic ties, his spokesman said here today."The Russian president plans to visit India before the end of the year," Putin's spokesperson
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Bin Laden spokesman faces possible life term
World | Sep 23, 2014, 01:06 PM ISTNEW YORK: Osama bin Laden's son-in-law was due in court to face a possible life sentence for his role as the spokesman for al-Qaida following the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.Sulaiman Abu Ghaith—the highest-ranking al-Qaida
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Zardari will return to Pakistan at all costs: spokesman
World | Jul 15, 2013, 06:40 PM ISTIslamabad, Jul 15: Scotching rumours that President Asif Ali Zardari will remain abroad till the end of his term in September, a spokesman today said he would return to Pakistan “at all costs”.Zardari has gone
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Pakistani Taliban sacks spokesman
World | Jul 10, 2013, 08:02 AM ISTIslamabad, July 10: The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan has sacked its central spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan and appointed Sheikh Maqbool as his replacement, a media report said Tuesday.In a written statement sent to the press, signed by 10
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Karzai Reviewing Taliban Peace Strategy : Spokesman
World | Oct 02, 2011, 07:48 PM ISTKabul, Oct 2: Afghan President Hamid Karzai is reviewing his strategy for making peace with the Taliban and will reveal the next steps “very soon,” a spokesman said today, following the murder of his top